The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-12
Spies, Parsons, Engel, and Fisoh-
sr Die on the Soaffold.
THEY ARE DEFIANT TO THE LAST.
Launched into Eternity Wills
Cheering for An"rchy.
MRS. PARSONS MIXES A SCENE.
She is Arrested while Tying to Force
Her Way into the Jail.

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0usrAed ~ Hundreds 81 Psliee-The CITY
| 0aiet. and Every Ono Glad All 10 Over.
CHICAGO. Nov. H." Hooray for anarchy"
shouted Fischer This is the hsppiest mo-
| ment Of my life."
"Hooray for anarchy" echoed Engel.
"The silence OF the voice you are now about
t, strangle will DO more potent in the future
than any words could utter" said Spies.
Men OF America listen to my words. Sheriff
Mstson. may speak ?" said Parsons.
Slash went the chisel, down fell the trap. and
!, the four men began the final struggle with
which their lives soon ended. ROBBED In white.
their faces concealed from view by the ALL
covering white caps, wrists handcuffed behind
/ them. legs closely pinioned by black straps.
with voices virtually stifled, the four living
Anarchists shouted forth their final defiance.
and then. explaining their crime with all they
had to give, they illustrated in most signal and
significant manner the potency Of our coun-
try's law and its supremacy over the vicious
| aud over vice.
| A careful observer OF the critical situation
during the past week, and an impartial crttio
of the conduct Of the officials. State and civic.
on whom tho responsibility OF this final scene
in the Haymarket tragedy devolved. cheer
fully and cordially give widespread record to
/ the courage. the forebearanco, the wisdom, the
earnestness, the loyalty. and the intelligence
with which the crisis was met, and the final
v<os o,,Il ho i,v,v, 10
! exaggerate or oyerestimate the sensational
probabilities OF the past twenty-iour hours.
and now that Chicago confronts the possibif
ties OF the Ave funeral services yet to be held It
behooves her fellow citizens. from Maine to
Georgia. and from Cape Cod to the Golden
Gats, to UNFOLD her hands as one worthy TO deal
| with problem more vexinG. q complication
| more serious. q disturbance more absolute
than any that has confronted the people OF any
! portion OF tho country since the days OF the
| vigilance committee which swept California
with bosom OF reform In 1856.
The police efficiency. which mastered the
men, called rioters. who shed the blood Of
black and white In the streets Of Gotham In
the draft riots OF 1863. were tho Generals OF our
armies. who from 1861 through the disasters
and defeats Of 80 and SO brought peace out Of
conflict. security out of danger. reunited
country out OF the rebellion, In 1865. The sui
eide Of Louis Lingg meant much. and thought
to-day as looked upon the remains OF his once
fair body. with nothing of human semblanoe
about It from the legs down. his own pernicious
activity having been supplemented by the
ghouish glse Of the surgeons who had carved
him from end to end. 1 thought. say. how
fortunate was the discovery Of the four bombs
In his cell.
His desperation was born of the fact that he
n Inn in oil Of fho ma 4
infiict serious damage upon Others aud
whether Spies, Parsons Fischer and EnGel
told the truth when they said they knew
nothing Of those bombs. or not. 10 immRterial
The fact is that the bombs were there, and
each one was sufficiently potent In It's destrue.
tiveness to blow the jail to atoms and kill o.
mutilate every human being within its walls.
That such problem was outlined In Lingg'.
active brain there can be no possibility Of
doubt. His death. horrible. agonizing as II
was was a curious combination OF relief and
added horror Had he died with less mutils-
ton; had 1t been possible to remove imme-
diately all trace Of the bloody deed: had 1t
been convenient to put his mansled body out
of sight. the effect would have been less
marked, but there 1t was and IL, in a bathroom
not ten feet from the room In which We ell
gathered to-day. There It was In all its hideous
responsiveness, an object OF curiosity to every
one. an object of careful scrutiny and investi-
cation to scores and scores Of men who ought
to know better There 1t was, with all its
hideous suggestions. a kind OF text from which
hundred sermons and hundred discourses
were necessarily and obviously delivered. All
during tho watches OF the last uneventful night
that body lay there. speaking from every cash.
ing wound. 1t was topic with SHERIFF. and
bailiffs and turkeys aud jailers and corre.
6DOndonts and Drisonera Of ayerv mama and
condition and that It should DO an all-absorb.
ing thought with the men who regarded L!ngs
as hero. and who regretted that they. too.
were not able as he did to evads the Disgrace
fui' iRnominious punishment that awaltes
them. Zoos Without much argument.
THE NIGHT BEFORE THE HANGING.
Tho chilling breezes that came up from the
lake last evening affected the entire town. To
be sure. but they added a greater degree Of dis.